Choose the best answer that is suitable for each blank or the underlined word or phrase.

“Were you chosen for the team?”

“No, I’m too small – the _______ height required is six foot two.”

I’ve borrowed some money from the bank, but I have to pay it ______ by the end of the year.

My younger sister read the whole book without the ________ difficulty.

My parents had always planned to open a restaurant, but it ______ to nothing.

“How was the first night of the play?”

“Oh, pretty good – there were a ________ number of people there.”

Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.

Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.